Alaska Gazetteer
Bear Creek is a physical feature (stream) in Southeast Fairbanks (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Bear Creek places it within the 99737 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Bear Creek |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Stream |
| Description: | heads at glacier terminus, flows NW to a ditch between Delta River and Richardson Highway, 30 mi. S of Delta Junction, Alaska Range |
| History: | "Locally named ""from the fact that a hunter named Henry Stock was mauled by a bear there about 1905"" (Davies, 1965, p. 22)." |
| Borough: | Southeast Fairbanks (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 63.6463890076 |
| Longitude: | -145.910552979 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bear Creek: Bear Creek.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Bear Creek does not include property ownership information.
| Donnelly, AK (1.9 miles NNE) |
